Staffing Guidelines

Quick Overview:

Appropriate emergency department nurse staffing directly influences staff satisfaction, staff retention, and patient outcomes. Using the Nurse Staffing Guidelines, emergency department managers and administrators can use their departmental data to identify and support an appropriate number of patient care full-time equivalents (FTEs) for the emergency department. This module will include the context and development of the Nurse Staffing Guidelines tool as well as the calculation tool itself. ...

Staffing Guidelines: Appropriate emergency department nurse staffing directly influences staff satisfaction, staff retention, and patient outcomes. This module will include the context and development of the Nurse Staffing Guidelines tool as well as the calculation tool itself.

Learner Outcome: Upon completion of this course, emergency department managers and administrators can use their departmental data to identify and support an appropriate number of patient care full-time equivalents (FTEs) for the emergency department.